[AISWorld] CFP: Special Issue: "The Dark Side of Information Systems. The Role of the IT Artefact" in Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems

[Peter André Busch]

Dear colleagues,

We would like to invite you to send a submission to our special issue in the Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems. Apologies for cross-posting.

The Dark Side of IS: Role of the IT Artefact<https://communities.aisnet.org/scandinavia/sjis/cfp-special-issue>

  *   Submissions Due: October 15th 2023
  *   Round 1 Decisions: December 15th 2023
  *   Revisions Due: March 15th 2024
  *   Round 2 Decisions: May 1st 2024
  *   Second Revisions (if needed): June 20th 2024
  *   Anticipated Publication Date: December 31st 2024

The focus of the special issue will be on theorising the IT artefact in problematic technology use, and how individuals, organisations, and society can prevent and respond to undesirable technology behaviour. The IT artefact is a core part of the information systems discipline. However, conceptualisations of materiality in existing studies on dark side phenomena are often unclear. Topics of relevance to this special issue include, but are not limited, to:

  *   Theoretical frameworks, conceptual models, and ethical considerations (e.g., social justice) that provide new understandings of the IT artefact in dark side phenomena.
  *   Innovative methodologies for investigating problematic technology use and the influence of IT artefacts on users, organisations, and society as a whole.
  *   Research contributing to an improved understanding on the design and IT-related characteristics that trigger or contribute to negative effects or alternatively help resolve the key issues. For example, are dark-sided phenomena already existent when an IT artefact is introduced, or is it produced/reproduced by an IT artefact?
  *   Design principles explaining why users, organisations, and society engage in problematic behaviours within voluntary and involuntary IT use contexts.
  *   Research on the dark side of emerging technologies such as AI (e.g., ChatGPT), the metaverse, digital twins, augmented reality, and deep fakes.
  *   Unintended consequences of IT artefacts such as deception and malicious use, new forms of technostress (e.g. in the metaverse), technology-mediated addiction, cyberbullying, monitoring/surveillance and privacy issues.
  *   IT artefact design features and policy agendas for data justice and mitigating problematic technology use (e.g., digital locks, control mechanisms, digital nudging and sludging).
  *   Context-specific (e.g., cultural, geographical, industry, educational settings) studies that provide new understandings of the IT artefact in dark side phenomena.

We are looking forward to receiving your submissions. For any questions, please email stephen.mccarthy at ucc.ie<mailto:stephen.mccarthy at ucc.ie>.

Stephen McCarthy, University College Cork, Ireland.

Peter André Busch, University of Agder, Norway

Christy M. K. Cheung, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.